This day in History - November 28

392 Historic Events for November 28
1866 Birth Arthur Frederick Augustus "Dick" Lilley, cricket keeper (England)
1866 Birth Henry Bacon, architect (Lincoln Memorial)
1866 Birth Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, Dutch actor/husband of Truus Soete
1868 Birth Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer
1871 Event Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in SC
1875 Event Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa
1876 Birth Bert Vogler, cricketer (early South African googly bowler)
1876 Death Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84
1878 Birth Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)
1878 Death Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78
1879 Event Battle at Lydenburg S Africa: Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
1880 Birth Marinus van Meel, 1st Dutch aviator
1880 Birth Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [OS=11/16]
1881 Birth Stefan Zweig, Vienna Austria, poet/essayist/dramatist (Beware of Pity)
1883 Birth Paul Hastings Allen, composer
1887 Birth Jacobo Palm, Cura‡aos pianist/organist
1887 Birth Ernst R”hm, German staff member/Bolivian leader/SA
1887 Birth Bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian
1892 Birth Thomas Wood, composer
1894 Birth Brooks Atkinson, drama critic (Broadway theater namesake)
1895 Birth Jos‚ Iturbi, Valencia Spain, pianist (Peque¤a danza Espa¤ola)
1895 Event America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH
1896 Birth Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly)
1897 Birth Uno Choyo, writer
1898 Birth Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero) [OS]